Author: judge-john-hack

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

This is what one chambers’ haul of pupillage applications looks like

A 40-member set in the Temple is swamped with pleas from wannabe barristers -- and it won’t be the only one

May 12 2015 5:35pm

National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange

Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market

May 12 2015 11:47am

Move over Justine — here comes Alice

As Mrs Miliband prepares to get back to chambers untroubled by the media glare, Chuka Umunna’s employment lawyer girlfriend braces herself for the roller coaster

May 12 2015 10:31am

University of Law looks for edge over Russell Group in LLB market

Deal with careers advice and networking provider to be pitched at second and third year students

May 11 2015 4:36pm

Ex-Tory councillor makes late guilty pleas to fraud and pretending to be a barrister

Gray’s Inn student member awaits sentencing after Legal Cheek exposed Bar Council rules error

May 11 2015 3:11pm

City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker

Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife

May 11 2015 1:31pm

There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station

It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations

May 11 2015 10:17am

Tory win sounds death knell for criminal bar, predicts top QC

Return of an even more powerful and unfettered Chris Grayling to the woolsack does not bode well for wannabe legal aid lawyers

May 8 2015 2:37pm

Will a lawyer win Labour Party leadership battle?

Several are lined up to take poisoned chalice from battered and bruised Miliband. And there are even a couple of Lib-Dem solicitors that could step into Clegg’s shoes

May 8 2015 12:01pm

The Judge Rules: Garrick Club should be allowed to fester in maleness

Do women lawyers really want to belong to a club that has blocked them from membership for so many years?

May 8 2015 9:39am

Now it’s time for top City partners to go into the age-guessing mincer

Have a guess, how old do you reckon the guvnor is …?

May 7 2015 3:42pm

How to choose a City law firm that won’t end your career when you have kids

Ex-magic circle solicitor warns female legal wannabes not to follow the money -- or even the most recent women partner promotion stats

May 7 2015 9:30am

Legal Cheek election poll results: law students and lawyers back Labour

Ed Miliband’s margin over the Conservatives is narrow, but enough to give the red rose party an outright majority

May 6 2015 2:12pm

This is it — the world’s biggest gavel

And funnily enough, this sculpture is not something cooked up by a misguided English law school or even the Law Society -- it’s in Ohio

May 6 2015 11:39am

Solicitor who called for all-Islamic airlines now wants City law firms to fund criminal legal aid

Huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ specialist says government should legislate to force mega-law firms into pro bono deal

May 6 2015 9:32am

How will you vote on Thursday?

Nail your colours to the mast in Legal Cheek’s first ever election poll

May 5 2015 2:58pm

The Judge Rules: Offering a glass of wine doesn’t amount to harassment

Women law students and young female lawyers doubtless have to battle leery male counterparts -- but there are gradations of perviness

May 1 2015 9:24am

Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile

King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City

Apr 30 2015 4:20pm

Solicitor numbers rocket by 20% in face of tough economic climate

When will the bubble burst? There are 190% more practising today than 30 years ago

Apr 30 2015 1:22pm

ULaw cuts surprise deal to revive Exeter’s GDL and LPC

Initiative kicks off this September and will see vocational courses back at west country law school for first time in nearly a decade

Apr 30 2015 12:05pm